On Thursday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took action by attaching the properties of two significant Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) operatives, linking them to their role in the 2015 terrorist attack on a BSF convoy in the Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir. The attack, occurring at around 7 a.m. on August 5, 2015, along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway near Narsoo ‘nallah’ in Narsoo village, resulted in the death of two BSF personnel and injuries to 13 others. In the subsequent security forces’ retaliatory action, one terrorist was killed, and another, identified as Naveed, was arrested.
The two accused, Fayaz Ahmed Itoo alias Fayaz Khar and Khursheed Ahmed Bhat alias Khursheed Alam Bhat alias Surya, both members of the banned Pakistan-backed LeT terror organization according to NIA investigations, were arrested and are currently facing trial in the NIA Special Court in Jammu. All the primary suspects in the case (RC-08/2015/NIA/DLI) have been charge-sheeted and are undergoing trial under various provisions of the Ranbir Penal Code, Arms Act, Explosive Substances Act 1946, Passport (Entry into India Act 1920), and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967.
In this specific case, four immovable properties, including a single-story residential house owned by Fayaz Ahmed Itoo in Khudwani village, Tehsil Qaimoh, district Kulgam, and a double-story residential house with two plots of land owned by Khursheed Ahmed Bhat alias Surya in Chursoo and Sail villages, Awantipora, District Pulwama, have been attached under Section 33 (1) of the UA (P) Act, 1967, following recent orders from the NIA Special Court in Jammu.
